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THE STANDARD DICTIONARY OF FACTS 



Pegasus had only to paw the ground to bring all quiet; 

 and from beneath his foot arose that well-known foun- 

 tain which, from ita origin, is called Hipporrene. 



Hippol'yta. Queen of the Amazons, and daughter 

 of .Mars. In classic fable, her si.-ter Antiope married 

 Theseus. Hippolyta was famous for a girdle given her 

 by her father, and it was one of the twelve labors of 

 Hercules to possess himself of this prize. 



Hippoly'tus. Son of Theseus and Hippolyte; he 

 was killed oy a fall from a chariot, but was raised to life 

 again by Diana, or by Jtsculapius. 



Hippom'enes. Son of Megareus, and great-grand- 

 son of Poseidon (Neptune), conquered Atalanta in a 

 foot-race. He had three golden apples, which he 

 dropped one by one. and which she stopped to pick 

 up. By this delay she lost the race. 



Hofvarp'nir. The fleet steed of Ina, in Scandi- 

 navian legend, which traveled through fire and air and 

 enabled this messenger of the gods to see all that was 

 happening on the earth. 



Hobomok'o. An evil spirit known among American 

 Indians. 



Ho'de-ken. A famous German kobold. or domestic 

 fairy servant; so called from wearing a little felt hat 

 pulled down over his face. 



Ho'dur. In Norse mythology, a blind god who 

 destroyed his brother, Baldur, at the instigation of Loki, 

 without meaning to do so. He is the type of night and 

 darkness, as Baldur is of light and day. 



Ho'nir. In Asgard tales, name given to the god of 

 mind or thought. 



Ho'rae. Daughters of Zeus and Themis, the god- 

 desses of the order of nature and of the seasons, who 

 guarded the doors of Olympus, and promoted the fer- 

 tility of the earth. 



Ho'rus. The Egyptian god of the sun, who was 

 also worshiped in Greece and at Rome. 



II u 'gin. One of Odin's two ravens, who carried him 

 news from earth, and who, when not thus employed, 

 perched upon his shoulders. The personification of 

 thought or intellect. 



Hu'go'. A kind of evil spirit in the popular super- 

 stition of France a sort of ogre made use of to frighten 

 children. 



Hundred-eyed. Argus, in Greek and Latin fable. 

 Juno appointed him guardian of lo, but Jupiter caused 

 him to be put to death; whereupon Juno transplanted 

 his eyes into the tail of her peacock. 



Hy'acinthus. A youth beloved by Apollo, and acci- 

 dentally slain by him while playing at quoits. From 

 his blood sprang the flower which bears his name. 



Hy'ades. A class of nymphs commonly said to be 

 seven in number. 



Hy'dra. Name of a monstrous serpent in the Lake 

 Lerna, with numerous heads. When one of these heads 

 was cut off, another or two others immediately grew in 

 its place, unless the blood of the wound was stopped 

 by fire. The destruction of the Hydra was a labor as- 

 signed to Hercules, which he accomplished by the aid 

 oflolaus, who applied lighted brands or a heated iron 

 as each head was removed. The arrows of Hercules, 

 being dipped in the Hydra's blood, caused incurable 

 wounds. 



Hygei'a. The goddess of health, and a daughter of 

 ^Esculapius, though some traditions make her the wife 

 of the latter. In works of art she is represented in a 

 long robe, feeding a serpent from a cup. 



Hy'men or Hymense'us. One of the imaginary 

 companions of Venus. He presided over marriage. 



Hy'mlr. In mythology of Northern lands, the frost- 

 giant who owned the great kettle called "Mile-deep." 



Hyperbo'reans. A fabulous people, supposed to 

 live in a state of perfect happiness, in a land of perpetual 

 sunshine. 



Hype'rion. Son of Coelus and Terra. The model 

 of manly beauty, synonymous with Apollo. The per- 

 sonification of the sun. Hyperi9n was the father of 

 the Sun, Moon, and Dawn. He is, therefore, the origi- 

 nal sun-god, and is painted with splendor and beauty. 



lac'chus. The solemn name of Bacchus in the 

 Eleusinian mysteries, whose name was derived from 

 the boisterous song called "lacchus." In these mys- 

 teries lacchus was regarded as the son of Zeus and 

 Ceres, and was distinguished from the Theban Bacchus 

 (Dionysus), the son of Zeus and Semele. 



lap'etos. The father of Atlas and ancestor of the 

 human race, called the progeny of lapetos. By many 

 considered the same as Japheth, one of the sons of 

 Noah. 



Ic'arlus. An Athenian, who hospitably received 

 Dionysus in Attica, and was taught the cultivation of 

 the vine. 



Ic'aros. Son of Da-'dalos. who flew with his father 

 from Crete; but the sun melted the wax with whirh 

 Ins wings were fastened on, and he fell into the sea, 

 hence called the Ica'rian. 



Ida. A mountain range of Mysia, in Asia Minor, 

 celebrated in mythology as the scene of the rape of 

 Canymede and of the judgment of Paris. In Homer 

 the summit of Ida is the place from which the gods 

 watch the battles in the plain of Troy. It i- an ancient 

 seat of the worship of Cybele. A mountain in Crete, 

 known as Mount Ida, was closely connected with the 

 worship of Jupiter. 



Idse'an Mother. Cyb'ele, who had a temple on 

 Mount Ida, in Asia Minor. 



Idorn'encus. He led the Cretans against Troy, and 

 was one of the bravest heroes in the Trojan \\ ar He 

 vowed to sacrifice to Poseidon whatever he should first 

 meet on his landing, if the god would grant him a safe 

 return. This was nis own son, whom he accordingly 

 sacrificed. As Crete was thereupon visited by a plague, 

 I the Cretans expelled Idomeneus, who went to Italy. 



Idun'a or Idun'. Daughter of the dwarf Svald, and 

 j wife of Bragi. She kept in a box the golden apples 

 | which the gods tasted as often as they wished to renew 

 their youth. Loki on one occasion stole the box, but 

 the gods compelled him to restore it. Iduna seems to 

 personify that part of the year when the sun is north of 

 the equator. Her apples indicate fruits generally. Loki 

 carries her off to Giant-Land, when the Sun descends 

 below the equator, and he steals her apples. In time, 

 Iduna makes her escape, in the form of a 'sparrow, 

 when the Sun again rises above the equator; and both 

 gods and men rejoice in her return. 



I'flng. In Scandinavian mythology the great stream 

 between the earth and the sacred lands, whose waters 

 never froze. 



In'achus. One of the river-gods, a son of Oceanus 

 and Tethys, and father of Phoroneus and lo, was the 

 first King of Argos, and said to have given his name to 

 the river Inachus. 



In'dra. In Hindu mythology, the ever youthful 

 god of the firmament, and the omnipotent ruler of the 

 elements. He is a most important personage in Indian 

 fable. In the Vedic period of the Hindu religion, he 

 occupied a foremost rank, and, though degraded to an 

 inferior position in the Epic, he long enjoyed a great 

 legendary popularity. In works of art, he is repre- 

 sented as riding on an elephant. 



I'o. The daughter of Inachus, first King of Argos, 

 beloved by Zeus, and metamorphosed, through fear of 

 Hera, into a heifer. 



lola'us. The son of Iphicles and Automedusa. 

 Iphicles was the half-brother of Hercules, and lolaus 

 was the faithful companion and charioteer of the hero. 



I'ole. The daughter of Eurytus of Oechalia, beloved 

 by Hercules, who tried to gain her in marriage for him- 

 self. Eurytus promised his daughter to the man who 

 should conquer him and his sons in shooting with the 

 bow. Hercules defeated them; but Eurytus and his 

 sons, with the exception of Iphitus, refused to give lole 

 to him, because he had murdered his own children. 



I'on. The fabulous ancestor of the lonians, son of 

 Xuthus and Creusa, or of Apollo and Creusa, grandson 

 of Helen. According to some traditions he reigned in 

 Attica. 



Iphigeni'a. A daughter of Agamemnon and Cly- 

 temnestra, and sister to Orestes. Iphigeneia was to 

 have been sacrificed on entering upon the expedition 

 against Troy; but was rescued by Diana, who carried 

 her to Tauris, where she became a priestess in her 

 temple. She was afterwards recognized by her brother, 

 Orestes, and enabled to save him with his friend, Pylades. 



Ire'ne. The Roman goddess of peace, and daughter 

 of Zeus and Themis, and one of the Horse. 



I'ris. Name given among the Greeks to the rainbow, 

 as personified and imagined a goddess. Her father was 

 said to be Thaumas, and her mother Electra, one of the 

 daughters of Oceanus. Her residence was near the 

 throne of Juno, whose commands she bore as messenger 

 to the rest of the gods and to mortals. Sometimes, but 

 rarely, she was Jupiter's messenger, and was employed 

 even by other deities. 



Irus. The beggar of gigantic stature, who kept 

 watch over the suitors of Penel'ope. His real name 

 was Ar'neos, but the suitors nicknamed him Irus because 

 he carried their messages for them. Ulysses, on his 

 return, felled him to the ground. 



I'sls. In Egyptian mythology, the sister-wife of 

 Osiris. She was originally the goddess of the earth, 

 and afterwards of the moon. 



Isme'ne. Daughter of CE'dipus and Jocasta. Antig'- 

 one was buried alive by the order of King Creon, for 

 burying her brother Polynices. Ismene declared that 



